Hi, I’m Phil from BBC Learning English. Today I’m going to tell you how to use 'too' and 'very'.

They are both intensifiers – but they don’t mean the same thing. We use very to make an adjective, or an adverb stronger. So we can say, The building is very old. That could be a good thing. It's beautiful. Or it could be a bad thing - it's falling down.

Or it might not matter. If we use too (with two Os), then it means it's a problem. Could say, It's too easy. It means ‘it’s a waste of time’. It’s a problem! It’s not too difficult – in fact, it’s very easy. Just remember that if we use too, it’s a problem.